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Passion Killing
For the past few years, Namibians has familiarized themselves with an “easy way out” option when it comes to their loved ones. The so-called “Passion killing” tendency has become a norm in our society.

For the past 3 months, at least five (5) cases around Namibia have been reported in regard to passion killing. There are instances where two couples are faced with problems in their relationship and to avoid any further heartache, the one decides to take his/her partner’s life and in some cases turn the weapon on themselves.

After studying some reported cases published in the media, it is safe to say that it always includes a second party, who’s either the partner’s side-line or new lover. Jealousy, anger and insecurity are the main causes of such situations.

In recent news, a young girl in Windhoek was shot dead by her lover while they were sitting in his car. The guy picked her up from work, parked at a nearby parking bay and shot his girlfriend 5 times before taking his own life. A suicide note was found at the scene which included amounts of money spent on her including reasons why he took both their lives.

Passion killing has gone as far as people using their work weapons to kill their loved ones. In another case, a 20 year old man who worked as a security guard at Oshikuku, in Omusati Region shot his girlfriend at point blank after he found her in bed with another man. And in Opuwo, a heartbroken member of the Namibian Police Force's Criminal Investigations Unit shot himself after he shot and killed his girlfriend, who has been cheating on him with someone else for quite some time.

My question is: are we as Namibians safe in the hands of our public safety servants? These are the people we rely on when we are in trouble, people we arm with all sorts of weapons so that we can be protected.

Reasons why men turn this violent is when they find out there is someone else in their love triangle. My advice would be: if you don’t love someone, let them go. Don’t be in a relationship based on materialistic things. Money don’t, can’t and will never buy love.

Let’s take care of ourselves and each other. A.P. Gomes Student No: 211015482